Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally Fincher, University of Kent at Canterbury; Josh Tenenberg, University of Washington-Tacoma

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Educational Research and Methods

programming. Most recently, his research is in Computer Science Education, where he is investigating student software design and metacognition.Sally Fincher, University of Kent at Canterbury Sally Fincher is a lecturer in the Computing Laboratory at the University of Kent where she leads the Computing Education Research Group. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy & Computer Science (University of Kent, UK) and an M.A. in English (Georgetown University, Washington DC). She is Editor of the journal Computer Science Education, jointly with Renée McCauley. Her principal research areas are Computer Science Education and patterns and pattern languages, especially patterns for interaction design

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

of the Engineering Curriculum to Include a Design Experience each Semester”, ASEE, 1999.9. Pugh, S., “Total Design”, Addison-Wesley Publishing Corp., 1991.10. Lyons, J., Young, E., “Developing a Systems Approach to Engineering Problem Solving and Design of Experiments in a Racecar-Based Laboratory Course”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 353-357, 2001.11. Wilczynski, V., Douglas, S., “Integrating Design Across the Engineering Curriculum: A Report From the Trenches”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 235-240, 1995.12. Moriarty, G., “Engineering Design: Content and Context”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 135-140, 1994.13. Wigal, C., “Systems and Creative Thinking and Student Experience of Design”, 34th ASEE

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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VISAR BERISHA, Arizona State University; HO-MIN KWON, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

from a single or agroup of sensors, etc. This capability enables students to use all of the existingsignal processing functions in J-DSP and form and execute real-time/real-lifesimulations using the user-friendly environment of J-DSP.Educational simulations include, obtaining data, characterizing the frequencyspectrum using real-time FFTs, performing time-invariant or adaptive filtering,using simple non-linear functions (thresholds) to detect events at specificlocations, etc. In fact virtually all non real-time online laboratories that wepreviously developed8 can be adapted for use with real-time sensor data. Not onlycan undergraduate experiments now be performed real time, but we can also usethese platforms to provide exposure to exciting new

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

Science, 1992, Johns Hopkins University; Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 1985 Old Dominion University.Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech HAYDEN GRIFFIN is currently professor and head of the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He holds BSME and MSME degrees from Texas Tech and a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from VPI&SU. He had 13 years of experience in industry and government laboratories prior to joining Virginia Tech in 1985. Prior to moving into his current position, he was associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Engineering. Page 11.655.1© American

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Kubichek, University of Wyoming; Thad Welch, U.S. Naval Academy; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

of using a full-fledged VSA and VSG were recently demonstrated by Welch, etal.3 who discussed its use in a laboratory-based course on special communication topics. Thiswas a very rewarding experience that indicated such wide-band instruments could be valuableteaching tools in a variety of communication courses.2 Description of the HardwareNI’s PXI system provides a tremendous amount of capability for use in the classroom or studentlaboratory environment. The PXI is a configurable backplane chassis that can be adapted to awide range of applications. In our case, the system includes a PC-compatible controller runningWindows XP professional, an NI 5421 arbitrary waveform generator (AWG), an NI 5610 RFupconverter, an NI 5600 RF downconverter

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Zhao, Mercer University; Laurie White, Mercer University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

individual topics covered in the workshops, the students also 2experienced the incremental development process of a full-featured multi-tier system. Thecomplete case study worked well as an example for the team projects.Overall StrategyLectures and guided laboratories are common practices in teaching a wide range of computerscience and engineering courses. Lectures are a necessary component in teaching a softwareengineering course to present concepts, principles, and technologies, which are necessary tounderstand the background of a development scenario. But they are not efficient indemonstrating what artifacts are to be generated under the given scenario and how to use CASEtools to generate them. The

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology in Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Honghui Yu, The City College of New York; Feridun Delale, The City College of New York

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Mechanics

increase studentawareness of the application of MoM in emerging technologies, several examples ofbeams in Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) were analyzed and illustrated. Besides content update, we also made some changes in teaching methods. Since thecourse has no laboratory component, we adopted four simple home experiments toenhance the understanding of basic concepts. In the classroom we demonstrate beambending, column buckling, and torsion of a tube etc. Also, some time was allocated forstudents to solve problems after the instructor had solved a similar one. With help fromthe instructor and their peers, students can identify their deficiencies, clear somemisconceptions and grasp the content more effectively. From surveys conducted

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lashun King, Tennessee State University; Thomas Byl, U.S. Geological Survey; Roger Painter, Tennessee State University

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Environmental Engineering

in partnership with the USGS has conducted extensive research regardingbiodegradation of contaminants in karst aquifers. This research resulted in the development of anumerical approach to modeling biodegradation of contaminants in karst aquifers that is taughtto environmental engineering students in several steps. First, environmental engineering studentsare taught chemical-reaction engineering principles relating to a wide variety of environmentalfate and transport issues. Second, as part of TSU’s engineering course curriculum, students use anon-ideal flow laboratory reactor system and run a tracer study to establish residence timedistribution (RTD). Next, the students couple that formula to a first-order biodegradation rateand predict the

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Fernandez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

Interaction, John Wiley &Sons, Inc., New York, NY.13. Prey, J. C., Baldwin, D., Reek, M., Popyack, J., Now for the laboratory experience! The view from four differentundergraduate computer science curricula, 28th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 3, 1337-1338, 1998.14, Rosson, M.B., & Carroll, J.M. (2002). Usability engineering: Scenario-based development of Human-ComputerInteraction, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Diego, CA.15. Shared Software Infrastructure Hub, Texas A&M University, web site at http://ssi7.cs.tamu.edu/ssi/16. Shneiderman, B., & Plaisant, C. (2005). Designing the user interface, 4th Ed., Addison Wesley Pearson Education, Inc.,Boston, MA.17. Software Engineering Institute, CMMI Web Site, http

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Barbara Eichler, DeVry University; John Morello, DeVry University

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Engineering Technology

backgrounds in biology, medicine, mathematics, physics, chemistry,material science, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. For innovativeadvances in nanotechnology, the key is researchers with expertise in multiple subsets ofthese disciplines since so many implications and fields are linked to a nano “micro-revolution.” Page 11.608.7Education and training in nanotechnology require special laboratory facilities that can bequite expensive. The cost of creating and maintaining nanotechnology facilities is a majorchallenge for educational institutions. But by using innovative approaches such as inter-university collaboration, academia-industry

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Idir Azouz, Midwestern State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

need.The Integrated Engineering program is in its 6th year of implementation and the curriculum hasundergone two cycles of iteration. The curriculum is shown in Figure 2. It includes 120 credithours. As can be seen from this figure, the curriculum is strong in the fundamentals and includesseveral design laboratory courses which form the backbone of the program. Furthermore, it ismuch broader than any of the traditional engineering programs. Graduates of the program arealso required to pass the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam in order to graduate.The Integrated Engineering program produced its first graduated class (eight students) in May2004. All of the graduates have found employment at or before graduation, with salaries rangingfrom

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens

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Engineering and Public Policy

2006-1722: HOLD PARAMOUNT: DESIGNING AN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONTO OPEN MINDS AND SERVE THE PUBLIC GOODCarole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens Carole Womeldorf is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University. Her areas of technical expertise and interests include distributed energy generation, combustion, heat transfer and fluid dynamics. She worked in the Fire Sciences Division of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology from 1993 to 2000. Dr. Womeldorf earned her Sc.B. et A.B. in Mechanical Engineering and English and American Literature from Brown University, her Masters of Science in Oceanographic Engineering from

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Davis, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

alumni of these competitions feel that these events helped themto gain better employment opportunities and faster career advancement? Both alumni who hadthese experiences and alumni who did not have these experiences were surveyed.This paper provides a brief introduction to the SAE design competitions along with the results ofthe alumni survey.IntroductionStarting in the early 1960s, engineering education shifted away from engineering practice andmore towards engineering science. Declining enrollments and shifting priorities causeduniversities to reduce program length. In order to accomplish this, many programs reducedapplication oriented courses and laboratories.1 This has resulted in a gap between whatuniversities are teaching, and what

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vered Doctori Blass, University of California-Santa Barbara; Mary Hong Loan Dinh, University of California-Santa Barbara

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Environmental Engineering

2006-1763: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO A MULTI-PHASEENGINEERING PROJECT FOR THE DEVELOPING COMMUNITY OFARAYPALLPA, PERUVered Doctori Blass, University of California-Santa Barbara Vered Doctori Blass is a graduate student at the Bren school of Environmental Science & Management at UCSB. She serves as the co-president of EWB-UCSB and as the Araypallpa, Peru project manager.Mary Hong Loan Dinh, University of California-Santa Barbara Mary Dinh is a Staff Engineer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UCSB. She develops undergraduate laboratory courses. She also serves as the staff advisor for EWB-UCSB

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Vaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology; William Singhose, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

Technology. He received a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His primary research interests are spacecraft control, sway reduction in cranes, control of flexible structures, and active seat technology. Page 11.230.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 ARLISS: A Multidisciplinary Extracurricular Design Project for UndergraduatesAbstractDesign projects that require students to build working prototypes are an invaluable sup-plement to traditional lectures and laboratory exercises. Additionally, allowing students toparticipate in challenging design projects outside of any

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hilkat Soysal, Frostburg State University; Oguz Soysal, Frostburg State University

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Liberal Education

design work. For lab experiments, either portable experimentation setswere brought to the classroom or the students were taken to a laboratory to watchdemonstrations such as electro-mechanical energy conversion, renewable energy, andproperties of sound.The experience gained in the fall semester showed, however, that a traditional classroomsetting was not convenient for this type of course due to the limitations to engage thestudents into inquiry based learning experience. In spring 2006 the class was scheduled ina physical science lab with 24 seats for two 75-minute long meetings per week. Thisschedule allows more time to finish lab experiments, simple design activities, casestudies, and video presentations followed by guided discussions.By

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

also emphasize teaching excellence over grantmoney and research accomplishments. Each position has its own characteristics that may beviewed as either advantages or disadvantages by different people. Tenure track positions inengineering technology3-7 and at predominantly undergraduate teaching institutions8-10 provideother options for those not interested in traditional tenure-track positions at research universities.Visiting positions,11-12 adjunct13-15 and laboratory instructor positions also provide alternatives totenure-track positions at various institutions.Most graduate students looking for academic positions have come through a traditionalengineering science program and have attended a research university as part of their education.In

Conference Session

Technology in Classrooms - Construction Engineering Perspective

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Mulva, Texas State University-San Marcos

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Construction

concerned.Students have also planned projects using the SimVision® software by simultaneously designingboth the activity precedence relationships and the organizational resources as a model.Typically, they report that the process is simple and intuitive. Certainly, the activity of modelinga project leads to excellent questions being asked by the students about project control andmonitoring while in a laboratory setting. Plus, once their simulation is compiled, studentsreceive immediate feedback regarding the potential time and cost impact of their design. Thisform of feedback allows each student to make adjustments to improve project planning in much Page

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik Schwartz, University of Missouri-Rolla; Timothy Philpot, University of Missouri-Rolla; Richard Hall, University of Missouri-Rolla

Engineering. Dr. Philpot teaches Statics and Mechanics of Materials and is the author of MDSolids – Educational Software for Mechanics of Materials and MecMovies, recipients of the Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware.Richard Hall, University of Missouri-Rolla Dr. Richard H. Hall is a Professor of Information Science and Technology at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He received his BS degree in Psychology from the University of North Texas and Ph.D. degree in Experimental Psychology from Texas Christian University. He is director of UMR's Laboratory for Information Technology Evaluation, and his research focuses on design, development, and evaluation of web

Conference Session

Design Projects in Wind and Solar Energy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Ben Latigo, University of the District of Columbia; George Karanja, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Wilfried Oshumare, University of the District of Columbia

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

2006-1992: DESIGN OF A LOW-COST SOLAR TRACKING PHOTO-VOLTAIC(PV) MODULE AND WIND TURBINE COMBINATION SYSTEM.Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia Samuel Lakeou received a BSEE (1974) and a MSEE (1976) from the University of Grenoble (Universite Joseph Fourier), and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Ecole Nationale d’Electronique et de Radioelectricite de Grenoble of the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France, in 1978. He is currently a Professor and Chairperson of the department of Electrical Engineering at UDC. He was formerly staff member at the New Products Laboratory of RCA’s Consumer Electronics Division in Indianapolis, IN (1984-86).Esther Ososanya

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in IE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Durward Sobek, Montana State University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University

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Industrial Engineering

been introduced. Page 11.252.2Course Descriptions and BackgroundThe NU course is a required four-credit sophomore course for Industrial Engineering majors,with a few engineering students taking IE as a minor. The course covers core IE topics, aboutone topic per week, using selected chapters from Turner, et al.’s text5 along with supplementalmaterial. The class meets three times weekly: one class is generally an introductory lecture withproblem-solving, the second includes more problem solving or further exploration of the topic,and the third is a laboratory or hands-on classroom activity. The students complete homeworkproblems and an

Conference Session

Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnold Lumsdaine, University of Tennessee; Frank Speckhart, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Geoff Robson, Technology 2020; Kenneth Kahn, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Majid Keyhani, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Dan Fant, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Note thatthe design reviews are done in conjunction with the student team partners, faculty advisors, andother interested entrepreneurial board members.Once the final design is selected, the team details the manufacturing, packaging and assembly,and shipping requirements to arrive at a realistic selling price for the new product. The last stepin the process consists of developing a marketing and business plan to facilitate the potentialstart-up of a successful company venture.Entrepreneurial BoardThe dual degree program involves the cooperation of 20 public and private partners, includingOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), large corporations, small start-up corporations, andstate and local officials. All aspects of the product development

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech; Steve York, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

2006-2238: A COMPARISON OF ON-LINE AND TRADITIONAL TESTINGMETHODSSteve York, Virginia Tech Dr. Steven C York is an assistant professor in the department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He received his BS degree in chemistry from Radford University in 1984 and his PhD in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1999. Dr York has taught courses in engineering problem solving and design, chemical engineering and chemistry. Dr York has also designed and implemented a number of design-build projects and engineering laboratory experiences for first-year engineering students at VA Tech. Dr York is a member of ASEE and the American Chemical Society. Address: Engineering

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Asa, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

teamwork and leadership, and promotecreative discovery. We contribute to the economic well being of...”“Excellence in innovative, laboratory based technology and engineering programs that isrecognized by…………...”The strategic visions of Engineering Colleges of some research universities, which havecommitted themselves to the involvement of minorities in engineering education are shownbelow.“..Recruit, support and retain.... Increase the number of women faculty members by 15. Add 10faculty members from under-represented groups..”.“Faculty Diversity is a special initiative of the Dean of Engineering to recruit and retain atalented and diverse engineering faculty…”The majority of universities and engineering colleges do not include statements on

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Roxane Neal, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

Yellin forserving as internal advisors as part of the Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education atthe University of Washington.We would also like to thank the many people who developed the web sites, articles, research,guides, and other teaching-related resources that we have linked to on our web site. Our sitecould not exist without their expertise and hard work.References 1. De Jong, M. and Van Der Geest, T. (2000). Characterizing web heuristics. Technical Communication, 47(3), pp. 311-326. 2. Van Duyn, D.K., Landay, J.A., and Hong, J.I. (2003). Making the most of web design patterns. In The Design of Sites: Patterns, principles, and process for crafting a customer-centered web experience. Addison-Wesley

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna, Northern Illinois University; Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS

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Engineering Technology

fewexperts. It is also quite imperative that case developers receive input from a wider audience onthe implications of their learning tools so that successes and lessons learnt can be disseminated toall stakeholders in a timely fashion. The main objective of this paper is to provide an appliedexample of the use of a preexisting case study in a quality control course and demonstrate howinstructors may measure the effectiveness of induced instructional changes using a combinationof self-reported measures and authentic assessment. This paper presents one side of the ongoingstudy and the authors hope to continue to present the remaining part in another forthcomingpublication.Development of Case Studies at LITEEThe laboratory for Innovative Technology in

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Aller, Western Michigan University; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; James Kamman, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Mohammed Elsamawal, Western Michigan University; Michael Desjardins, Western Michigan University

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Design in Engineering Education

calculated therefore, refining and maximizing the efficiency ofthe system. After completing the design of the hydraulic circuit (Figure 1), components werespecified that met the design requirements. The hydraulic circuit was assembled in the laboratory Page 11.755.4and its performance was tested (Figure 2). After fine-tuning the circuit for improving itsperformance, a complete 3-D CAD layout of the hydraulic circuit was developed using Pro-Engineer8.Design of Bicycle FrameAfter completion of the hydraulic circuit design, a recumbent frame was chosen for the system asopposed to designing and fabricating the frame from scratch. This allowed the group

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

Engineering Design I Fall quarter, Senior 3R-3L-4CBiomedical Engineering Design II Winter quarter, Senior 2R-6L-4CBiomedical Engineering Design III Spring quarter, Senior 1R-3L-2C Note: ‘R’ = lecture hours, ‘L’ = laboratory hours, ‘C’ = overall course credit.Principles of Biomedical Engineering DesignThis is the first course in the sequence, and students learn the design process through thecompletion of team projects. The quarter involves a complete iteration of the design process ona real device, from assessing needs, generating multiple feasible solutions, ranking these basedon the merit of the solutions

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students. This feedback is consistentwith research findings that hands-on activities and cooperative learning have been found tostimulate interest in STEM for all students, especially girls (Land of Plenty, 2000).Year FourThe fourth annual Tech Careers event was held in March, 2002. A full-day conference was heldat the Park followed by a site visit to the facilities of the Maui Space Surveillance Complex onthe second day. The event was sponsored by the County of Maui, Maui High PerformanceComputing Center, the U. S. Air Force Research Laboratory (Detachment 15), and the U. S.Department of Labor. WIT again visited local high schools to promote the program. Duringmany of the presentations given this year, past participants spoke up to recommend the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Sneck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Donald Bunk, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Douglas Baxter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

semester courses which are intended to acquaintstudents with the different disciplines offered at the school. These “Introduction to Engineering”courses are usually in the form of a series of presentations by department faculty from thevarious disciplines. They may have literature available, use laboratory demonstrations, anddiscuss the variety of positions open to their discipline in industry. They may also mentionopportunities for graduate study in their field and the availability of research and doctoral study.The remainder of the student’s schedule in their first year usually consists of courses dealingwith a fundamental body of knowledge as presented in the required mathematics, physics